Science and Exploration

A Dense Network Of Ridges And Alcoves On Mars

By Keith Cowing
Status Report
NASA
September 9, 2023
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A Dense Network Of Ridges And Alcoves On Mars
dense network of ridges and alcoves
NASA

Context Camera data shows a dense network of ridges and alcoves at this location. Our main science goal is to figure out what exactly is moving sediment down hillslopes in landscapes like this, but only if high resolution topography is available, which HiRISE can provide. (The technical rationale was to study hillslope-channel coupling in a high drainage density region.)

ID: ESP_079000_1610
date: 4 June 2023
altitude: 257 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_079000_1610NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

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